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Umbra on gifts for your school
Hi Umbra, I’m the senior president for my high school class. My cabinet and I want to leave a “green” gift to the school. We would like it to be something that is on campus or easily visible. Can you recommend anything in the $10,000 to $15,000 price range or below? I go to a […]
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Videoz
The adventures of Keep America Beautiful Man! Episode 1: Episode 2: Episode 3: (h/t: Hugg)
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Video … on the interwebs!
Hey kids, are you hip to the steez on carbon offsets? Well, check this shizzle out! Here, Christie Todd Whitman talks about Bush and Cheney “flipping the bird” at the rest of the world (probably the first time this blueblood has ever used that phrase): Here, Frank Luntz continues to fail to realize what a […]
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Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon chew the fat on their 100-mile diet
Two years ago, Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon set out to see if it was still possible, in these hyper-globalized times, to live off food grown in your own ‘hood. The pair made a pact to dine on dishes culled from within a 100-mile radius of their Vancouver, B.C., home for an entire year. Their […]
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The seductive lure of toys that promise solutions without change
Reading about the sunken tidal turbines -- which seem interesting -- I got an overwhelming feeling of "here we go again."
Why is it that people who know that "eat the foods you love and lose weight without exercise!" is hokum can't resist spending hours and hours hyping and being hyped about technotoys that promise "abundant low-cost clean energy that lets you lose carbon without reducing consumption!"
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Funny
The Daily Show‘s Samantha Bee covers Earth Day (featuring RealClimate‘s Gavin Schmidt!): And as a bonus, here’s Colbert:
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TP
This evening, I was on Fox’s Hannity & Colmes discussing … toilet paper. Yes, really. I’m sure my stiff, awkward performance will show up on YouTube sooner or later, so that’s something to … hm, “look forward to” doesn’t seem appropriate. Expect, then.
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Painful
Bush at the Radio and TV Correspondents Dinner (green connection: ethanol joke!): Arianna Huffington has an amusing account of the event. (h/t: Hugg)
